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Role of positive selection in the retention of duplicate genes in mammalian genomes.


ABSTRACT: The question of how duplicate genes are retained in a population remains controversial. The duplication-degeneration-complementation model, which involves no positive selection, stipulates a higher retention rate of duplicate genes in a small population than in a large one. This model has been accepted by many evolutionists. However, we found considerably more retentions and fewer losses of duplicate genes in the mouse genome than in the human genome, although the population size of rodents is in general larger than that of primates. Indeed, in nearly every interval of synonymous divergence between duplicate genes, the number of gene retentions in mouse is larger than that in human. Our findings suggest a more important role of positive selection in duplicate retention than duplication-degeneration-complementation. In addition, certain functional categories show a higher tendency of lineage-specific expansion than expected, suggesting lineage-specific selection or functional bias in retained duplicates.

SUBMITTER: Shiu SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1413713 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Role of positive selection in the retention of duplicate genes in mammalian genomes.

Shiu Shin-Han SH   Byrnes Jake K JK   Pan Runsun R   Zhang Peng P   Li Wen-Hsiung WH  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20060206 7


The question of how duplicate genes are retained in a population remains controversial. The duplication-degeneration-complementation model, which involves no positive selection, stipulates a higher retention rate of duplicate genes in a small population than in a large one. This model has been accepted by many evolutionists. However, we found considerably more retentions and fewer losses of duplicate genes in the mouse genome than in the human genome, although the population size of rodents is i  ...[more]

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